Frequently asked question about recovery funds and projects

 King County is interested in competitive funding opportunities that: 

• create or preserve jobs in King County; 
  
• specifically address or seek to rectify funding shortfalls in the 2009 adopted county budget for those programs that do not have twelve-month funding;
  
• promote public safety by providing funds for county law enforcement, prosecution, courts and public defense;
  
• sustain essential public health programs, consistent with the adopted public health operational master plan; 
  
• support essential regional human services, such as: 
  
• public housing and homeless shelters;
  
• improving safety conditions for the people of King County through maintenance or replacement of antiquated buildings or other structures;
  
• addressing inefficient transportation infrastructure;
  
• improving or replacing antiquated emergency management communications and technology;
  
• sustaining public transit operations or improving transit equipment;
  
• improving energy efficiency of county operations and county facilities;
  
• or, water quality, wastewater treatment 
  
• Puget Sound recovery  
  

Please contact Lorrie McKay, the county’s Recovery Act Coordinator with comments and or questions.

Formula grants are allocated through a certain percentage or formula that is set in law. Competitive grants are applied for through a solicitation process from federal agencies. 

Direct management grants are awarded directly to the jurisdiction (county) from the federal government to fund selected programs or projects. Pass-through funding is channeled through state agencies and/or regional government bodies before being allocated to the jurisdiction (county). 

Yes. On May 21, 2009 Lorrie McKay was designated by the King County Executive to serve as the county’s Recovery Act Coordinator. Contact Lorrie.

www.recovery.gov provides information about the federal stimulus program. www.recovery.wa.gov provides information about State of Washington’s role in the national recovery effort. 

Federal stimulus funding cannot be used for casinos or other gambling establishments, aquariums, zoos, golf courses or swimming pools. 

For further restrictions applicable to Washington State, visit http://recovery.wa.gov/faq.asp#14.

Funding is available for a wide range of programs:

• Create a framework for clean, efficient, American energy
  
• Transform our economy with science and technology
  
• Modernize roads, bridges, transit and waterways
  
• Overhaul education for the 21 ^st century
  
• Dispense tax cuts to create jobs
  
• Expand access to health care and lower costs
  
• Provide assistance to workers hurt by the economy
  
• Save public sector jobs and protect vital services
  

Recovery.kingcounty.gov is a website that offers the public the ability to identify federal stimulus grants that King County government is seeking and the progress of those grant applications. The website will be updated monthly to reflect each grant’s status, as well as any additional grants that King County has applied for.